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. 1961 May;79(2):330–341. doi: 10.1042/bj0790330

Electrical pulses and the potassium and other ions of isolated cerebral tissues

J T Cummins 1, H McIlwain 1
PMCID: PMC1205844  PMID: 16748900

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